Figures. Now we learn that more than 400 migrants have been rescued off of the coast of italy. Found by a fishing boat about 100 kilometers south. Just the latest in a seriesover distressing stories of refugees and other migrants trying to cross the mediterranean. A tunisian ship captain was arrested on manslaughter charges after the vessel carrying more than 800 people sank off of the libyan coast on sunday. On monday a ship skashed on the rocks off of the greek island of rode. Three people died there. Two syrian men have been charged with trafficking. The italian and maltese coast guard scrambled to respond to distress calls. And migrants rescued by spanish emergency services. Barnaby phillips has the latest now from catania, thats on the Southern Italian island of sicily. Reporter and still they keep on coming no matter how dangerous the journey. 446 people their wooden boat leaking. All they can do is appeal for help in the seas. They were lucky, an italian fishing boat found them
Including just a month away from the world cup in brazil. Right now ill let you know who is in and who is out. Boko haram has released a video showing the first pictures of more than 200 girls kidnapped from their school in nigeria a month ago. The rebel Group Responsible for a series of atrocity say the girls have converted to islam. The boko haram leader offered to release them in exchange for prisoners that are held. Their kidnapping has shocked the world. Now the images of the missing girls are likely to cause further distress. In the first video release from the boko haram. It was heard to determine from the video where the location was shot. The leader also makes a separate appearance. He said he will not let the girls go unless incarcerated members of their group are released. What more have you been able to glean about this video . Reporter well, jane, so far the government has not made any remarks or comments from this video. It took them weeks to acknowledge the initial kidna
Against syria. Meanwhile a media war is well under way at home and abroad. Hitting in his first interview, assad said u. S. Will take responsibility for the attack. He expressed concern that any attack would degrade his military and tip the balance for the conflict. But secretary of state john kerry who is trying to rally supports among allies in europe say it is a moral imperative. It is clear that if we dont take action the message to hezbollah, iran, no one will care that they broke a 100yearold standard and used weapons that were banned by 199 nations. Lets go to washington. Well see what plays out over the next few days. Making the rounds of the morning shows and this will continue in a series of media appearances, briefing, all aimed at turning the tied of congress and winning American Public opinion for the strike against syria. We need to stop now and warn you that the pictures i are graphic. Denis mcdonough made a furious round of interviews on the sunday shows. Images confirm
Peters from california joining us tomorrow. Well see you then. Announcer this is the bill press show. [ theme music ] stephanie okay. Thats not working. Hello. Welcome current tv land. I cant hear jacki. Okay. Stephanie all right then. Good morning, everybody we have a new pope. Who wants to throw out the first pope joke . Okay. Ummmmm. A priest and rabbi stephanie you are lucky he even popes for you. He is pope francis. And he has one lung. Stephanie dont cry argentina, the truth is he never left you. He is italian decent. As many in italy are. Stephanie in the meantime here is Jacki Schechner in the current news center. Good morning, we do have a new pope today a lot sooner than expected. The cardinals picked pope francis after just five rounds of voting. He is 76 years old and the first pope from latin america. He is known to be simple and pastoral, but not expected to modernize any of the issues like aborg, gay marriage or allowing women to become priest. President obama congratula
And now we cant say for sure at this stage whether these girls are planning to join isis but you know contextwise it bears the hall marks of recruiting weve seen in the United States. A couple examples a few months ago, those three teenage girls from colorado intercept at frankfurt oirptairport trying to make their way to isis. Another woman from colorado now facing four years in prison. Arrested heading to syria to marry an isis militant she met on line. Cnn has more from london. So two 15yearolds and a 16yearold, what more do we know about them . Reporter well Scotland Yard told us they are on their way to join another friend of theirs who successfully evaded capture by police back in december. Two other teenage girls from the same part of london back in december were responsible for a plane being stopped on the runway here in the u. K. After it had become begun taxiing, i should say, on its way to istanbul. The police managed to get one girl off the flight get her home safe to her f